{"id":80,"date":"2014-03-12T11:36:34","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T16:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/edsaff\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2014-03-12T11:36:34","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T16:36:34","slug":"presentation-of-papersmajor-speeches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/edsaff\/presentation-of-papersmajor-speeches\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation of Papers\/Major Speeches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>(188) &#8220;Quasi-uniformity and low complexity methods for  minimum energy discretizations,&#8221; plenary speaker, ICREA Conference on  Approximation Theory and Fourier Analysis, Barcelona, Spain, December,  2011.<\/p>\n<p>(187) &#8220;Discretizing compact manifolds with minimum energy,&#8221; plenary  speaker, 11th International Symposium on Orthogonal Polynomials and  Special Functions, Madrid, Spain, September 2011.<\/p>\n<p>(186) &#8220;In Pursuit of Nick Papamichael: A tale of three cities,&#8221; plenary  speaker, Conference on Computational Complex Analysis and Approximation  Theory, Protarus, Cyprus, June, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>(185) &#8220;Finite-Term Recurrence Relations for Bergman and Szeg\u00f6  Polynomials,&#8221; International Symposium in Approximation Theory (Shanks  conference), Vanderbilt University, May, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>(184) &#8220;Minimum Energy Discretization of Manifolds,&#8221; University of  Melbourne Colloquium speaker, Melbourne, Australia, March, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>(183) &#8220;Discretizing Manifolds via Minimum Energy,&#8221; SIMtech Mini-Workshop  &#8220;On minimum energy problems,&#8221; plenary speaker, University of Stuttgart,  Stuttgart, Germany, January, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>(182) &#8220;Orthogonal Polynomials on an Archipelago,&#8221; University of Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway, May, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>(181) &#8220;Optimal Configurations on the Sphere and other Manifolds,&#8221; University of Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway, May, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>(180) &#8220;Bergman Orthogonal Polynomials&#8221;, University of Eichstaett, Eichstaett, Germany, August, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>(179) &#8220;Minimal Energy Configurations on the Sphere and other Manifolds,&#8221; University of Eichstaett, Eichstaett, Germany, August, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>(178) \u201cRiesz Extremal Measures on the Sphere for Axis-Supported External  Field,\u201d University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, July, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>(177) \u201cDiscrete and Continuous Extremal Problems on Manifolds,\u201d University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, July, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>(176) \u201cRiesz Extremal Measures on the Sphere for Axis-Supported External  Field,&#8221;\u00a0University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, May, 2009<\/p>\n<p>(175) \u201cRiesz Extremal Measures on the Sphere for Axis-Supported External Field,\u201d\u00a0INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, France, June, 2009<\/p>\n<div>(174) \u201dOrthogonal Polynomials over Planar Regions,\u201d\u00a0(plenary  speaker) Conference on Orthogonal\u00a0Polynomials, Carlos III University,  Madrid, Spain,\u00a0September 2008.<\/div>\n<p>(173) \u201dMinimal Energy on Manifolds,\u201d University of Lille,\u00a0France, May 2008.<\/p>\n<p>(172) \u201dMinimal Discrete Energy,\u201d Oklahoma State University,\u00a0Stillwater, April, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>(171) \u201dMinimal Discrete Energy,\u201d City University, Hong\u00a0Kong, March 2008.<\/p>\n<p>(170) \u201dBergman Orthogonal Polynomials,\u201d Hong Kong\u00a0University of Science and Technology, February 2008.<\/p>\n<p>(169) \u201dOrthogonal Polynomials on Archipelagos,\u201d City\u00a0University, Hong Kong, February 2008.<\/p>\n<p>(168) &#8220;Minimal Discrete Energy and Best-Packing,&#8221; Los Alamos National  Laboratories, Center for Nonlinear Analysis, November 2007.<\/p>\n<p>(167) &#8220;Minimum Energy Problems on Manifolds \u2013 Part I&#8221; and &#8220;Minimum  Energy Problems on Manifolds \u2013 Part II,&#8221; Gebze University, Gebze,  Turkey, September 2007.<\/p>\n<p>(166) &#8220;Discrete Minimal Energy Problems,&#8221; Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2007.<\/p>\n<p>(165) &#8220;Orthogonal polynomials on archipelagos,&#8221; University of Grenada, Spain, September 2007.<\/p>\n<p>(164) &#8220;Discrete Minimal Energy Problems,&#8221; Quadrature Domains and  Laplacian Growth in Modern Physics Conference, The Banff Centre,  Calgary, Canada, July 2007.<\/p>\n<p>(163) &#8220;Asymptotics for Polynomial Zeros: Beware of Predictions from Plots,&#8221; Steklov Institute, Moscow, May 2007.<\/p>\n<p>(162) &#8220;Discrete Minimal Energy Problems,&#8221; Extremal Problems in Complex  and Real Analysis Conference, Friendship University, Moscow, May 2007.<\/p>\n<p>(161) &#8220;Minimal Energy Problems and Best-Packing,&#8221; Invited colloquium  talk. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, April 2007.<\/p>\n<p>(160) &#8220;Minimal Energy Problems and Best-Packing,&#8221; Mini workshop in  Geometric Measure Theoretical Approaches to Potentials on Fractals and  Manifold, Mathematisches Forshungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Germany, April  2007.<\/p>\n<p>(159) &#8220;Discrete Minimal Energy Problems.&#8221; University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, March 2007.<\/p>\n<p>(158) &#8220;Discrete Minimal Energy on Manifolds.&#8221; Invited colloquium talk. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, September 2006.<\/p>\n<p>(157) &#8220;Minimal Energy Problems and Best Packing.&#8221; Mathematics Institute  of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine, June 2006.<\/p>\n<p>(156) &#8220;Asymptotics for Polynomial Zeros: Beware of Predictions from  Plots.&#8221; National Shevchenko University, Kiev, Ukraine, June 2006.<\/p>\n<p>(155) &#8220;Discrete Minimum Energy Problems.&#8221; Spaces of Analytic Functions  and Their Operators Conference, Marseille, France, June 2006.<\/p>\n<p>(154) &#8220;Minimal Energy Problems and Best Packing.&#8221; University of Texas, Austin, Texas, April 2006.<\/p>\n<p>(153) &#8220;Minimum Riesz Energy Points,&#8221; Invited main speaker, Mathematical  Association of America Regional Undergraduate Math Conference, Bowling  Green, Kentucky, November 2005.<\/p>\n<p>(152) &#8220;Discretizing Manifolds via Minimal Energy Points,&#8221; Invited main  speaker, Difference Equations, Special Functions and Approximation  Conference, Munich, Geremany, June\/July 2005.<\/p>\n<p>(151) &#8220;Distributing Many Points on a Manifold,&#8221; Invited main speaker,  Pluripotential Theory and Its Applications Conference, Pacific Institute  for Mathematical Sciences, Banff, Canada, September 2004.<br \/>\n(150) &#8220;Discretizing Manifolds via Minimum Energy Points,&#8221; Invited main  speaker, Workshop on Harmonic Analysis, GSF-National Research Center,  Munich, July 2004.<\/p>\n<p>(149) &#8220;Zero Distribution of Orthogonal Polynomials Over Regions and  Curves,&#8221; Invited main speaker, Special Functions in Harmonic Analysis  and Applications Conference, Irsee, Germany, July 2004.<\/p>\n<p>(148) &#8220;Asymptotic Behavior of Zeros of Bergman Polynomials,&#8221; INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, France, June 2004.<\/p>\n<p>(147) &#8220;Distributing Many Points on a Manifold,&#8221; Colloquium lecture, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, April 2004.<\/p>\n<p>(146) &#8220;Discretizing Manifolds via Minimum Energy Points,&#8221; Colloquium  lecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, March 2004.<\/p>\n<p>(145) &#8220;Orthogonal Polynomials Over Regions and Curves,&#8221; American  Mathematical Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, February 2004.<\/p>\n<p>(144) &#8220;Minimal Riesz Energy Points on Manifolds,&#8221; Colloquium lecture,  Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia , November 2003.<\/p>\n<p>(143) &#8220;Logarithmic Potentials With External Fields,&#8221; Colloquium lecture, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, October 2003.<\/p>\n<p>(142) &#8220;Orthogonal Polynomials over Regions in the Plane&#8221; INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, France, Summer, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>(141) &#8220;Minimal Discrete Riesz Energy on Manifolds&#8221; invited special  session speaker, Annual American Math Society Meeting, Baltimore,  Maryland, January 2003.<\/p>\n<p>(140) &#8220;Bergman Orthogonal Polynomials&#8221; invited main speaker, Annual  Western States Mathematical Physics Meeting, California Institute of  Technology, Pasadena, California, February 2003.<\/p>\n<p>(139) &#8220;Zeros of Polynoimials over regions or over contours&#8221; invited main  speaker, AMS-IMS-SIAM, Summer Research Conference, Snowbird, Utah, June  2003.<\/p>\n<p>(138) &#8220;Minimum Energy Points&#8221; invited main speaker, Curves and Surfaces Conference, St. Malo, France, June 2002.<\/p>\n<p>(137) &#8220;Logarithmic Potentials with External Fields&#8221; invited main  speaker, Mathematical Analysis Conference, University of Umea, Umea,  Sweden, June 2002.<\/p>\n<p>(136) &#8220;Distributing Many Points on a Sphere&#8221; invited colloquium talk, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, November 2001.<\/p>\n<p>(135) &#8220;Logarithmic Potentials with External Fields&#8221; invited colloqium  lecture, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, March 2002.<\/p>\n<p>(134) &#8220;Logarithmic Potentials with External Fields&#8221; invited lecture,  Amer. Math. Society Southeast Region Conference, Chattanooga, Tennessee,  October 2001.<\/p>\n<p>(133) &#8220;Near Optimal Nodes for Polynomial Interpolation on Certain  Algebraic Curves&#8221; invited lecture, Approximation Conference in honor of  R. DeVore, Charleston, South Carolina, May 2001.<\/p>\n<p>(132) &#8220;Distributing Many Points on a Sphere&#8221;, invited lecture,  Conference on Multivariate Approximation, Bommerholz, Germany, September  2000.<\/p>\n<p>(131) &#8220;Distributing Many Points on a Sphere&#8221;, invited lecture,  Conference on Mathematical Analysis and its Applications, National  Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece, August 2000.<\/p>\n<p>(130) &#8220;Asymptotic Behavior of Zeros of Orthogonal Polynomials&#8221;, invited  lecture, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, June 2000.<\/p>\n<p>(129) &#8220;Best Meromorphic Approximation of Markov Functions&#8221; invited  lecture, International Workshop on Theory of Operators, Bordeaux,  France, June 2000.<\/p>\n<p>(128) &#8220;Discrete Minimal Energy Problems on the Sphere&#8221; invited lecture,  5th International Conference on Approximation and Optimization in the  Caribbean, Guadeloupe, France, April 1999.<\/p>\n<p>(127) &#8220;Hankel Norm Approximation to Markoff Functions&#8221; invited lecture,  Funktionentheorie, Oberwolfach-Walke, Germany, January 1999.<\/p>\n<p>(126) &#8220;Using the Internet for Mathematical Instruction&#8221;, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, May 1998.<\/p>\n<p>(125) &#8220;Fast Decreasing Rationals&#8221;, invited main speaker, Approximation Theory IX, Nashville, Tennessee, January 1998.<\/p>\n<p>(124) &#8220;Fast Decreasing Rational Functions&#8221;, invited lecture presented to  Danish Mathematical Society, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 1997.<\/p>\n<p>(123) &#8220;Distributing Many Points on a Sphere&#8221;, invited EPSON lecturer,  Hong Kong Mathematical Society, City University of Hong Kong, November  1997.<\/p>\n<p>(122) &#8220;Asymptotic Behavior of Zeros of Matrix Orthogonal Polynomials&#8221;,  invited main speaker at the international conference &#8220;Orthogonal  Polynomials and Expansions&#8221;, held in Seville, Spain, September 1997.<\/p>\n<p>(121) &#8220;Minimal Discrete Energy on a Sphere&#8221;, Northwestern University, April 1997.<\/p>\n<p>(120) &#8220;Zero Distributions for Krawtchouk Polynomials&#8221;, University of Grenada, Spain, April 1997.<\/p>\n<p>(119) &#8220;Distributing Many Points on a Sphere&#8221;, Polytechnic University, Madrid, Spain, March 1997.<\/p>\n<p>(118) &#8220;Constrained Energy Problems&#8221;, Juan Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain, March 1997.<\/p>\n<p>(117) &#8220;Minimal Discrete Energy on a Sphere&#8221;, Autonoma University, Madrid, Spain, March 1997.<\/p>\n<p>(116) &#8220;Distributing Many Points on a Sphere&#8221;, University of Seville, Spain, March 1997.<\/p>\n<p>(115) &#8220;Rational Approximations with Local Geometric Rates&#8221;, Conference  in honor of W.B. Gragg, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California,  November 1996.<\/p>\n<p>(114) &#8220;Rational Approximations with Local Geometric Rates&#8221;, INRIA Colloquium Series, Sofia Antipolis, France, June 1996.<\/p>\n<p>(113) &#8220;Fast Decreasing Rational Functions&#8221;, Department of Mathematics  Colloquium Series, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, May 1996..<\/p>\n<p>(112) &#8220;Designing Soccer Balls&#8221;, Colloquium Speaker, Department of  Mathematics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina,  October 1995.<\/p>\n<p>(111) &#8220;Designing Soccer Balls&#8221;, Colloquium Speaker, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, October 1995.<\/p>\n<p>(110) &#8220;Graduate Mathematics Program at USF&#8221;, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, May 1995.<\/p>\n<p>(109) &#8220;Uniform Distribution of Points on the Sphere&#8221;, University of Tel-Aviv , Colloquium Speaker, Tel-Aviv, Israel, May 1995.<\/p>\n<p>(108) &#8220;Convergence of Relational Interpolations to the Exponential  Function&#8221;, Joint AMS-Israel Math Union Meeting, Jerusalem, Israel, May  1995.<\/p>\n<p>(107) &#8220;Weighted Zolotarev Problems&#8221;, (with E. Levin (presenter)),  Constructive Methods in Complex Analysis, March 26 &#8211; April 1, 1995,  Oberwolfach Conference, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>(106) &#8220;Minimal Discrete Energy Problems on the Sphere&#8221;, Department of  Mathematics, University of Central Florida , Orlando, January 1995.<\/p>\n<p>(105) &#8220;Arrangements of Points on a Sphere&#8221;, Conference on Computational  Methods and Function Theory, Penang, Malaysia, March 1994.<\/p>\n<p>(104) &#8220;Rational Interpolation of the Exponential Function&#8221;, Conference  in honor of W. Gautschi, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana,  December 1993.<\/p>\n<p>(103) &#8220;Optimal Rays of Rational Functions&#8221;, Conference on Nonlinear  Methods in Approximation, University of Antwerp, Belgium, September  1993. (main speaker)<\/p>\n<p>(102) &#8220;Generalized Zolotarev Problem for Rational Functions&#8221;, Sofia, Bulgaria, August 1993.<\/p>\n<p>(101) &#8220;Optimal Rays of Rational Functions&#8221;, INRIA, Sophia- Antipolis, France, June 1993.<\/p>\n<p>(100) &#8220;Zeros of Szego\u201d Polynomials and Frequency Analysis&#8221;, University of Cyprus , Nikosia, Cyprus, February 1993.<\/p>\n<p>(99) &#8220;Behavior of Best Rational Approximants to |x|\u00e0&#8221;, Conference on Approximation Theory, San Antonio, Texas , January 1993.<\/p>\n<p>(98) &#8220;Szego Polynomials and Frequency Analysis&#8221;, Colloquium, University of Toronto, Canada, November 1992.<\/p>\n<p>(97) &#8220;Szego Polynomials and Frequency Analysis&#8221;, Maratea Conference, Maratea, Italy, September 1992.<\/p>\n<p>(96) &#8220;Potential Theoretic Methods in Approximation Theory&#8221;, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, July 1992.<\/p>\n<p>(95) &#8220;Potential Theoretic Methods in Approximation Theory&#8221;, INRIA, Sofia-Antipolis, France, June 1992.<\/p>\n<p>(94) &#8220;Szego Polynomials and Frequency Analysis&#8221;, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, May 1992.<\/p>\n<p>(93) &#8220;Behavior of Walsh Table of Rational Functions for |x|\u00e0&#8221;, 7th Texas  International Conference in Approximation Theory, Austin, Texas,  January 1992.<\/p>\n<p>(92) &#8220;Wiener-Levinson Filters and Szego Polynomials&#8221;, Mathematics Colloquium, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, November, 1991.<\/p>\n<p>(91) &#8220;Logarithmic Potentials with External Fields&#8221;, Workshop in Potential Theory, Stowe, Vermont, July 1991.<\/p>\n<p>(90) &#8220;Distribution of Interpolation Points of Best L2-Approximants&#8221;,  Conference on Approximation Theory, Varna, Bulgaria, May 1991.<\/p>\n<p>(89) &#8220;Weighted Analogues of Capacity, Transfinite Diameter, and  Chebyshev Constant&#8221;, Workshop in Approximation Theoretic Methods in  Complex Analysis and Mathematical Physics, St. Petersburg, Russia, May  1991.<\/p>\n<p>(88) &#8220;Wiener-Levinson Filters and Szego Polynomials&#8221;, Centre d&#8217;Etudes Nuclaires, Saclay, France, August 1990.<\/p>\n<p>(87) &#8220;Orthogonal Polynomials from a Complex Perspective, II&#8221;, DAMTP, Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, August 1990.<\/p>\n<p>(86) &#8220;Orthogonal Polynomials from a Complex Perspective, I&#8221;, DAMTP, Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, July 1990.<\/p>\n<p>(85) &#8220;Contamination Principle for Best Approximants&#8221;, Dept. of Math, Brunel Univ., Uxbridge, England, July 1990.<\/p>\n<p>(84) &#8220;Polynomials Orthogonal on a Semi-Circle&#8221;, Conference on Orthogonal Polynomials, Erice, Italy, May 1990.<\/p>\n<p>(83) &#8220;Szego Polynomials Associated with Wiener-Levinson Filters&#8221;,  Conference on Approximation and Functional Analysis in honor of G.G.  Lorentz, Texas A&amp;M University, College Station, Texas, January 1990.<\/p>\n<p>(82) &#8220;Interpolatory Properties of Best L2 &#8211; Approximants&#8221;, Old Dominion University, Northfolk, Virginia, December 1989.<\/p>\n<p>(81) &#8220;Szego Polynomials Associated with Wiener-Levinson Filters&#8221;,  Special Session on Function Theory, Canadian Math. Soc. Meeting,  Montreal, Canada, December 1989.<\/p>\n<p>(80) &#8220;Are Best Polynomial Approximants Good Approximants?&#8221;, INRIA Research Laboratory, Sophia Antipolis, France, June 1989.<\/p>\n<p>(79) &#8220;Behavior of Extreme Points in Best Polynomial and Rational  Approximation&#8221;, Conference on Konstruktive Approximationstheorie,  Oberwolfach, West Germany, August 1989.<\/p>\n<p>(78) &#8220;Orthogonal Polynomials from a Complex Perspective&#8221;, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, June 1989.<\/p>\n<p>(77) &#8220;Orthogonal Polynomials from a Complex Perspective&#8221;, (2 lectures)  NATO Advanced Study Institute on Orthogonal Polynomials and their  Applications, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, May 1989.<\/p>\n<p>(76) &#8220;Distinguished Lecture Series (A Series of 5 Lectures)&#8221; Texas A &amp; M University, College Station, Texas, April 1989.<\/p>\n<p>(75) &#8220;Weighted Analogues of Capacity, Transfinite Diameter, and  Chebyshev Constants&#8221;, Conference on Numerical Linear Algebra and  Approximation (in honor of R.S. Varga), Kent State University, Kent,  Ohio, April 1989.<\/p>\n<p>(74) &#8220;Behavior of Extreme Points in Best Polynomial and Rational  Approximation&#8221;, U.S.-Chile Conference on Computational Methods &amp;  Function Theory, Universidad Technica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso,  Chile, March 1989.<\/p>\n<p>(73) &#8220;Are Best Polynomial Approximants Good Approximants?&#8221;, AMS Special  Session on Computational Aspects of Complex Analysis, Phoenix, Arizona,  January 1989.<\/p>\n<p>(72) &#8220;Behavior of Best Polynomial and Rational Approximants&#8221;, Department  Colloquium, University of Eichstatt, Eichsatt, Germany, August 1988.<\/p>\n<p>(71) &#8220;Weighted Analogues of Capacity, Transfinite Diameter and Chebyshev  Constants&#8221;, Universitat Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany, July 1988.<\/p>\n<p>(70) &#8220;Behavior of Polynomials and Rational Functions of Best  Approximation&#8221;, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich,  Switzerland, July 1988.<\/p>\n<p>(69) &#8220;Best and Near Best Polynomial Approximants&#8221;, U.S.-Norway Conference on Approximation, Boulder, Colorado, June 1988.<\/p>\n<p>(68) &#8220;Behavior of Polynomials of Best Approximation&#8221;, Steklov Institute, Leningrad, USSR, June 1988.<\/p>\n<p>(67) &#8220;Behavior of Polynomials of Best Approximation&#8221;, Steklov Institute, Moscow, USSR, June 1988.<\/p>\n<p>(66) &#8220;Contamination Principle in Best Approximation&#8221;, U.S.-Israel  Binational Meeting in Approximation Theory, Jerusalem, May 1988.<\/p>\n<p>(65) &#8220;Contamination Principle in Best Approximation&#8221;, Southeast  Approximators Conference, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, April 1988.<\/p>\n<p>(64) &#8220;Contamination Principle in Best Approximation&#8221;, Lecture Series in  Math Sciences, University of Arkansas , Fayetteville, Arkansas, April  1988.<\/p>\n<p>(63) &#8220;Contamination Principle in Best Approximation&#8221;, Department of  Mathematics, California State University, Los Angeles, California, March  1988.<\/p>\n<p>(62) &#8220;Behavior of Best Polynomial and Rational Approximants&#8221;, Conference  on Methods and Applications of Approximation Theory, Mathematical  Institute, Oberwolfach, West Germany, February 1988.<\/p>\n<p>(61) &#8220;Contamination Principle in Best Approximation&#8221;, Department of  Applied Mathematics, Brunel University , London, England, January 1988.<\/p>\n<p>(60) &#8220;Contamination Principle in Best Approximation&#8221;, Conference on  Constructive Methods in Approximation, Mathematical Institute,  Oberwolfach, West Germany, August 1987.<\/p>\n<p>(59) &#8220;Behavior of Best Polynomial and Rational Approximants&#8221;, DAMPT, Cambridge University, England, July 1987.<\/p>\n<p>(58) &#8220;Polynomial and Rational Approximation in the Complex Domain&#8221;,  University of La Laguna, Tenerife , Canary Islands, June 1987.<\/p>\n<p>(57) &#8220;Distribution of Zeros of Extremal Polynomials&#8221;, Main Lecturer,  Conference on Nonlinear Numerical Methods and Rational Approximation,  University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, April 1987.<\/p>\n<p>(56) &#8220;Density of Extreme Points in Best Approximation by Polynomials and  Rational Functions&#8221;, Southeast Approximators (SEA) Conference,  University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, April 1987.<\/p>\n<p>(55) &#8220;Weighted Approximation with Applications, and Density of Extreme  Points in Best Approximation by Polynomials and Rational Functions&#8221;,  Department Colloquium Speaker, University of Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel,  March 1987.<\/p>\n<p>(54) &#8220;Proof of Freud&#8217;s Conjecture for Orthogonal Polynomials on Infinite  Intervals&#8221;, Special Session on Orthogonal Polynomials, American  Mathematical Society Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, January, 1987.<\/p>\n<p>(53) &#8220;Distribution of Zeros of Extremal Polynomials&#8221;, Main speaker and  member of program committee, Conference on Approximation and  Optimization, University of Habana, Habana, Cuba, January 1987.<\/p>\n<p>(52) &#8220;A Generalized Weierstrass Approximation Problem with  Applications&#8221;, Department Colloquium, Department of Mathematics,  Lexington, Kentucky, December 1986.<\/p>\n<p>(51) &#8220;Weighted Approximation with Applications&#8221;, Conference on Orthogonal Polynomials, Segovia, Spain, September 1986.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>(50) \u201cPade Approximants of Partial Theta Functions and the Rogers &#8211;  Szego Polynomials&#8221;, Approximation Theory Conference, Texas A &amp; M  University, January, 1986.<\/p>\n<p>(49) \u201cApproximation by Polynomials and Rational Functions in the Complex  Domain&#8221;, Invited Lecturer, Amer. Math. Soc. Short Course, New Orleans,  January, 1986.<\/p>\n<p>(48) \u201cNumerical Quadrature &#8211; A Complex Variables Approach&#8221;, IBM Thomas Watson Research Center, New York, November, 1985.<\/p>\n<p>(47) \u201cJacobi Matrices, Orthogonal Polynomials, and Divided Differences&#8221;,  University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, August, 1985.<\/p>\n<p>(46) \u201cIncomplete and Orthogonal Polynomials&#8221;, Invited Speaker,  Department of Mathematics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing,  China, May, 1985.<\/p>\n<p>(45) \u201cBehavior of Zeros of Polynomials of Best Approximation&#8221;, Invited  Speaker, China &#8211; U.S. Joint Conference on Approximation Theory,  Hangzhou, China, May 1985.<\/p>\n<p>(44) \u201cRational Approximation: What a Difference a Division Makes&#8221;, Sigma  Xi Outstanding Researcher Lecture, University of South Florida, Tampa,  Florida, October 1984.<\/p>\n<p>(43) \u201cDegree of Approximation by Incomplete Polynomials&#8221;, Invited  Colloquium Speaker, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, June  1984.<\/p>\n<p>(42) \u201cWhere Does the Sup Norm of a Weighted Polynomial Live?&#8221;, Invited  Colloquium Speaker, Katholische Universitat Eichstatt, Eichstatt, West  Germany, May 1984.<\/p>\n<p>(41) \u201cWhere Does the Sup Norm of a Weighted Polynomial Live?&#8221;, Invited  Colloquium Speaker, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich,  Switzerland, May 1984.<\/p>\n<p>(40) \u201cA Unified Approach to Incomplete Polynomials&#8221;, Invited Lecturer,  Conference on Constructive Methods in Complex Analysis, Oberwolfach,  Germany, August 1983.<\/p>\n<p>(39) \u201cExtremal Problems for Polynomials with Exponential Weights&#8221;,  Invited Colloquium Speaker, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England,  July 1983.<\/p>\n<p>(38) \u201cIncomplete and Orthogonal Polynomials&#8221;, Invited Colloquium Speaker, University of Kent, Canterbury, England, July 1983.<\/p>\n<p>(37) \u201cExtremal Problems for Polynomials with Exponential Weights&#8221;,  Invited Colloquium Speaker, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, May  1983.<\/p>\n<p>(36) \u201cIncomplete and Orthogonal Polynomials&#8221;, Approximation Theory  Conference, Texas A &amp; M University, College Station, January 1983.<\/p>\n<p>(35) \u201cExtremal Problems for Polynomials with Exponential Weights&#8221;, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, November 1982.<\/p>\n<p>(34) \u201cExtremal Problems for Polynomials with Exponential Weights&#8221;,  University of Alberta, Approximation Theory Conference, Edmonton,  Alberta, Canada, June 1982.<\/p>\n<p>(33) \u201cInverse Theorems for Rational Interpolation&#8221;, Conference on Approximation Theory, Oberwolfach, Germany, November 1981.<\/p>\n<p>(32) \u201cRational Interpolation and Generalized Taylor Series&#8221;, Workshop on  Computational Methods of Complex Analysis, Stanford University, August  1981.<\/p>\n<p>(31) \u201cDistribution of Zeros of Taylor Series&#8221;, Invited Colloquium  Speaker, Florida State University, Department of Mathematics,  Tallahassee, Florida, May 1981.<\/p>\n<p>(30) \u201cIncomplete Polynomials&#8221;, Invited Colloquium Speaker, University of  Kentucky, Department of Mathematics, Lexington, Kentucky, February  1981.<\/p>\n<p>(29) \u201cZeros of Sections of Mittag-Leffler Functions&#8221;, Invited Lecturer,  Conference on Constructive Methods in Complex Analysis, Oberwolfach,  Germany, July 5-12, 1980.<\/p>\n<p>(28) \u201cIncomplete Polynomials&#8221;, Department of Mathematics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, February 1980.<\/p>\n<p>(27) \u201cDistribution of Zeros of Incomplete Polynomials&#8221;, Austin  Conference on Approximation Theory, University of Texas at Austin,  January 1980.<\/p>\n<p>(26) \u201cBehavior of the Poles of Pade Approximants&#8221;, American Mathematical Society Meeting, Kent State University, November 1979.<\/p>\n<p>(25) \u201cApproximation by Incomplete Polynomials&#8221;, Approximation Theory Conference, Northwestern University, October 1979.<\/p>\n<p>(24) \u201cAn Introduction to Convergence Theory for Pade Approximants&#8221;, NATO  Conference on Modern Methods of Complex Analysis, Durham University,  Durham, England, July 1979.<\/p>\n<p>(23) \u201cIncomplete Polynomials&#8221;, Department of Mathematics, Syracuse University, New York, March 1979.<\/p>\n<p>(22) \u201cIncomplete Polynomials&#8221;, American Mathematical Society Meeting,  College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, November 1978.<\/p>\n<p>(21) \u201cPolynomial Approximation&#8221;, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 1978.<\/p>\n<p>(20) \u201cPade Approximants for the Exponential&#8221;, University of Manchester, Manchester, England, May 1978.<\/p>\n<p>(19) \u201cIncomplete Polynomials&#8221;, Gesamthochschule Siegen, Siegen, Germany, May 1978.<\/p>\n<p>(18) \u201cIncomplete Polynomials&#8221;, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany, May 1978.<\/p>\n<p>(17) \u201cIncomplete Polynomials&#8221;, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland, May 1978.<\/p>\n<p>(16) \u201cBounds for Incomplete Polynomials&#8221;, University of Amsterdam, Holland, May 1978.<\/p>\n<p>(15) \u201cIncomplete Polynomials&#8221;, Imperial College, London, England, May 1978.<\/p>\n<p>(14) \u201cRational Approximants of the Exponential&#8221;, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Oxford, England, April 1978.<\/p>\n<p>(13) \u201cRational Approximation in Unbounded Regions&#8221;, Ohio Section of the  Mathematical Association of America, Youngstown, Ohio, May 1976.<\/p>\n<p>(12) \u201cPolynomials with Restricted Zeros&#8221;, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, May 1976.<\/p>\n<p>(11) \u201cThe Pade\u201a Table for the Exponential&#8221;, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, May 1976.<\/p>\n<p>(10) \u201cZeros and Poles Pade Approximants&#8221;, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, January 1976.<\/p>\n<p>(9) \u201cZero-Free Regions for Pade Approximants&#8221;, NSF and Hungarian Academy, Budapest, Hungary, September 1975.<\/p>\n<p>(8) \u201cRational Approximation in Unbounded Regions&#8221;, American Mathematical  Society Meeting, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, November  1974.<\/p>\n<p>(7) \u201cCoefficients Bounds for Polynomials with Restricted Zeros&#8221; (a  series of five lectures), University of Montreal, Canada, June 1974.<\/p>\n<p>(6) \u201cInterpolation and Approximation by Rational Functions&#8221; Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, February 1974.<\/p>\n<p>(5) \u201cConvergence of Best Approximating Rational Functions&#8221; Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, December 1972.<\/p>\n<p>(4) \u201cConvergence of Interpolating Rational Functions&#8221;, International  Conference on Pade approximants, University of Kent, Canterbury,  England, June 1972.<\/p>\n<p>(3) \u201cRegions of Meromorphy Determined by the Degree of Best Rational  Approximation&#8221;, International Conference on Approximation Theory,  University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 1970.<\/p>\n<p>(2) \u201cExistence and Uniqueness of Best Approximating Rational Functions&#8221;, University of Lancaster, England, 1969.<\/p>\n<p>(1) \u201cDegree of Convergence of Best Polynomial Approximations to  Meromorphic Functions&#8221;, University of Kent, Canterbury, England, 1969.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(188) &#8220;Quasi-uniformity and low complexity methods for minimum energy discretizations,&#8221; 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